After The Fire by Henning Mankell

Helen Carter reviews After The Fire by Henning Mankell

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

The investigation of a senseless, brutal murder introduces us to the somewhat flawed character of Inspector Kurt Wallander. Helen Carter reviews Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell

A slow-paced police procedural as Inspector Wallander painstakingly tracks down a serial killer. Helen Carter reviews The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell

Before the Frost by Henning Mankell

Can the Wallanders make sense of the myriad facts in this case involving religious extremists bent on punishing the world’s sinners? Helen Carter reviews Before the Frost by Henning Mankell

The Shadow Girls by Henning Mankell

An intelligent novel about the immigrant experience is at once moving, perplexing and dangerously humorous. Helen Carter reviews The Shadow Girls by Henning Mankell

Shadows in the Twilight by Henning Mankell

This is a story about a young Swedish boy who when miraculously uninjured in an accident, decides that he must perform a good deed in gratitude. Helen Carter reviews Shadows in the Twilight by Henning Mankell

An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell

Detective Kurt Wallander investigates a decades-old crime, when he stumbles upon human remains at an old farmhouse in the Swedish countryside at Loderup. A brief novel, An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell also explores the way society cares for the aged and the secrets sometimes hidden by the chaos of war.

Sidetracked by Henning Mankell

Beginning with the seemingly unrelated and horrific suicide of a teenager, Inspector Kurt Wallander is soon on the trail of a serial killer.